Biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species Author Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja Author Szadziewski, Ryszard Author Szwedo, Jacek text Zootaxa 2016 2016-02-16 4079 5 551 572 journal article 31500 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.3 7f223778-dd55-45a1-9878-88ae789e57ac 1175-5326 1050879 CC01F586-597F-4C42-9F87-DBD81CF5AAC2 Brachypogon ( B .) vitiosus Winnertz, 1852 Ceratopogon vitiosus Winnertz, 1852 : 49 (male, female, Germany). Ceratopogon (Brachypogon) vitiosus : Szadziewski & Havelka 1984 : 350 (male, female, Afghanistan , Algeria , Estonia , France , Germany , Lithuania , Japan , Poland , Russia : Caucasus, Middle Asia, Siberia, Spain ); Országh & Chalupský 1987 : 50 ( Slovakia ); Dominiak et al. 2014 : 134 (male, Israel , distribution). Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by presenting following features: fourth palpal segment without long setae. Male genitalia with gonostyle slender and long; parameres fused, into single plate; aedeagus broad with rounded apex. Female with one seminal capsule ( Szadziewski & Havelka 1984 ). Material examined. ISRAEL , ‘ Enot Zuqim , 19.V.1998 , 1 male , leg. O. Manheim. Distribution. Widely distributed Palaearctic species reported from Afghanistan , Algeria , Armenia , Austria , China , Estonia , France , Georgia , Germany , Israel , Japan , Kyrgyzstan , Lithuania , Norway , Poland , Russia , Slovakia , Spain , Tajikistan ( Országh & Chalupský 1987 , Dominiak et al. 2014 ).